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CS: I am not Gusii spokesman but a State officer serving all Kenyans

By EVELYNE KWAMBOKA | Jun. 16, 2014

The Standard Kisumu Bureau Chief EVELYNE KWAMBOKA interviewed Information Cabinet Secretary FRED MATIANG’I on his role in Gusii politics as well as his work as a Government official. Here are the excerpts.

QUESTION: As President Uhuru Kenyatta’s point-man in Kisii, how easy is it for you to co-ordinate political functions since people consider you a technocrat with no political constituency?

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